[Alberg30] Documentation

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

Thank you, George, for reminding me of the deatils of the Jones Act.
I remember now what I researched: getting my six-pack liscence and taking 
people out in the Raritan bay as a way of writing the boat off on taxes. And, 
indeed, that is precluded by the Jones act as "passengers for hire", 
disallowed on a non-USA-built boat.
Paul
#23 Ashwagh


In a message dated 4/17/02 9:27:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gdinwiddie at min.net writes:


> Subj:Re: [Alberg30] Documentation
> Date:4/17/02 9:27:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:    gdinwiddie at min.net (George Dinwiddie)
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> 
> I believe you can bare-boat charter a non-US vessel without any 
> problems.  It's just that coast-wise trade (including carrying
> passengers for hire) between US ports must be carried out in
> US built vessels according to the Jones Act.
> 
> Another tidbit about documentation: if your boat is documented,
> it's can't be under the control of a non-US citizen.  The 
> captain on board must be a US citizen, which could prevent 
> you from bare-boat chartering to foreigners.  If there's a
> US citizen on board, the simple thing is to nominate that
> person as the captain in charge.
> 
> Documentation also lets the US Government take control of
> the vessel in wartime.  I doubt that's a big issue for a 
> 30 foot sailboat, though.
> 
> - George
> 
> > RABBIT649 at aol.com said:
> > 
> > But, as far as I know, they haven't changed the law that says a boat must 
> be 
> > US made in order to charter. Unless I'm remembering entirely incorrectly 
> from 
> > when I checked about that 5 years ago.
> > Paul
> > #23 Ashwagh
> 


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